[Ma'an] Twenty Israeli military vehicles backed by Apache helicopters invaded the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday night, witnesses reported.Palestinians said they saw the vehicles operating in the Al-Ghoul area, northwest of Gaza City. Gunfire was also heard in the area.
However, an Israeli military representative said he was "not familiar with any such operations."
Meanwhile witnesses also reported that an Israeli shell fell in the town of Beit Hanoun, also in the northern Gaza Strip.
Muawiyah Hasanein, the head of the ambulance and emergency services in the Gaza Health Ministry said that no injuries were reported in the incidents.
Earlier, on Sunday evening, armed Palestinian men affiliated with the PFLP and DFLP said they traded gunfire With Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip. A military spokesman said an Israeli patrol had come under fire near the Nahal Oz crossing.